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CVE-2026-42508

9.1 criticalEPSS 6.9%

Critical (9.1) in golang crypto. EPSS 6.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in golang.org/x/crypto 0.52.0.

Previously, a revoked 'SignatureKey' belonging to a CA was not correctly checked for revocation. Now, both the 'key' and 'key.SignatureKey' are checked for @revoked.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.1 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
6.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 94% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-295
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-5cgq-3rg8-m6cvGogolang.org/x/crypto<0.52.00.52.0
GO-2026-5021Gogolang.org/x/crypto<0.52.00.52.0

References

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